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U.S. agricultural exports are a critical source of farm income. The USDA Economic Research Service estimates that on average 23 percent of the output of nonmanufactured agricultural products were exported between 2013 and 2022.

On May 8, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) and gene-edited events.

Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FAS’s worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments....

This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in grains.

Exporters and importers continue to face much uncertainty due to the military regime’s foreign currency control policies and continuing conflict between the regime and ethnic armed forces. FAS Rangoon forecasts Burma’s MY 2024/25 rice exports to recover to 1.7 MMT amid high stocks and expected relaxation of export controls. MY 2024/25 corn exports and wheat imports will remain flat.

Record high exports to China helped drive total Canadian wheat exports through December 2018 up roughly 1.5 million metric tons higher than the same period in marketing year 2017/18.

Since signing the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) in April 2006, Nicaragua has enjoyed a strong trade relationship with its largest trading partner....

From January 2018 to late October 2018, China auctioned more than 100 million tons of corn from its state-owned inventories, or about 43 million tons more than over the same period in 2017....

The MY2018/19 rice and corn production forecast remains unchanged as the acreage that has shifted from off-season rice to corn cultivation is far below the government’s target.

Overall MY2018/19 corn quality in North East China is rated as better-than-average due to higher-than-average test weights, lower moisture content and relatively low levels of aflatoxin.

The MY 2018/19 corn production estimate has been revised downward due to lower harvested area, while rice production is expected to be higher than previously estimated due to greater harvested area.

Corn prices have steadily risen reflecting overall tightness in feed-quality corn supplies, despite official reports of greater supplies, and weaker demand associated with the spread....